Awards

"John raced straight into enemy fire over and over again, saving numerous American lives and defeating ... enemy fighters."

The late Army Col. Rick Rescorla acted heroically as a civilian in the south tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

The nation's second-highest award for valor will go Friday to Kentucky Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Daniel Keller.

Bernard Bartusiak, 95, received a pair of Distinguished Flying Crosses during a ceremony Tuesday at the Pentagon.

Four military working dogs receive awards for service in combat zones.

Oriana Pawlyk exposed a troubling military policy that prohibited Air Force pilots from using a drug that prevented HIV.

Sgt. La David Johnson is credited with displaying gallantry in action and killing several enemy fighters.

The award is designated for troops who "encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action."

Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright's family accepted the nation's third-highest award for valor at a ceremony in Santa Claus, Georgia.

The Army recently awarded Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson with a posthumous Bronze Star with Valor device.